https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/15/plastic-pollution-talks-geneva-treaty. Game, set & match to the petro-states & the petro-chemical & #plastics #industries. A disastrous defeat for the #Earth & #humanity.

'We have missed a historic opportunity': Plastic pollution treaty talks end in deadlock.

High level negotiations between 185 countries over reaching a global agreement to combat plastic pollution ended on Friday, as rival blocs clashed over prioritising a phase out of the material or bettering waste management systems.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250815-we-have-missed-a-historic-opportunity-plastic-pollution-treaty-talks-end-in-deadlock?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Countries urged to ‘hold the line’ in Geneva plastics treaty negotiations | Plastics | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/14/geneva-plastics-treaty-negotiations-un-final-day

"Talks continue amid warnings from environmental groups over being ‘sold out’ without meaningful or legally binding measures"

Waste - alongside columns that claim to promote environmental awareness.

A column that is typical of the Guardian (and the Times) - both papers that claim to be promoting awareness of the damage we are doing to the environment and in particular waste.

But they still find the space and have the gall to promote this CRAP.

https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/aug/14/best-water-bottles-tested-uk

Of course it is ‘life and style’

“There is #plastic in salty sea foam freshly sprayed by crashing waves, in dreamy Japanese mountaintop clouds and in the breath of dolphins. When scientists test Antarctic snow or the ice on Mount Everest, #plastics are there. When, in 2019, an explorer reached the ocean’s greatest depths in the otherworldly Mariana Trench, he found that plastics had beaten him there, miles past the reach of natural light."

#pollution
#environment

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/opinion/contamination-exposome.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk8.63lm.IH8pSFMzPbdN

New device converts plastic waste into fuel using catalyst-free pyrolysis

https://phys.org/news/2025-07-device-plastic-fuel-catalyst-free.html

Shell's "cracker plant" #plastics factory has received multiple notices of violation of #air quality, putting #workers & #communities at #health risk. It's long past time to hold #Shell accountable for the harm they cause to our health & planet.

'‘Maddening’ Proof Plastics Industry Knew Recycling Was False Solution in 1974, New Document Shows
Exclusive finding by DeSmog shows high-level industry awareness that recycling plastic ‘not feasible’ as companies face lawsuits over alleged public deception campaign.'
https://www.desmog.com/2025/08/05/maddening-proof-plastics-industry-knew-recycling-was-false-solution-in-1974-new-document-shows/
#fossilfuels #plastics #pollution #environment

“In Geneva, negotiators from 175 nations are trying to hammer out the first-ever legally binding treaty on #plastic #pollution. The urgency of the talks was underscored this week by a new study published in The Lancet. It calls #plastics a ‘grave, growing and under-recognized danger to human and planetary #health.’”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-study-highlights-grave-growing-danger-of-plastic-pollution-to-worlds-health

"How Big Oil Hijacked EU-Funded Journalism Training on Plastic Pollution"

#EU #EuropeanUnion #Plastic #Plastics

https://www.desmog.com/2025/08/07/how-big-oil-hijacked-eu-funded-journalism-training-on-plastic-pollution/

"“Magic” Cleaning Sponges Found to Release Trillions of Microplastic Fibers"

#Plastic #Plastics #Microplastics #Environment

https://scitechdaily.com/magic-cleaning-sponges-found-to-release-trillions-of-microplastic-fibers/

Huddle, double, toil & bubble Let’s hope there’s a deal in the making ahead of tomorrow’s stock taking plenary of #INC5.2 for a global #PlasticsTreaty!
We need progress on substance for human and planetary health and our climate! #plastics

'Companies behind campaign to ‘end plastic waste’ produced 1,000 times more plastic than it cleaned up
It has taken the Alliance to End Plastic Waste five years to clear up the amount of plastic its leading oil and petrochemical members produce in under two days, analysis reveals'
https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/11/20/alliance-to-end-plastic-waste-oil-chemical-exxon-shell-total/
#plastics #pollution #fossilfuels #environment

#Lahore, #Pakistan
A scavenger collects recyclable items including plastic from a dump site.

Photograph: KM Chaudary/AP

@photography
#photography
#plastics
#recycling

Today I learned about the nonprofit Plastic Free Delaware
https://plasticfreedelaware.org/home
#TIL #Delaware #FossilFuels #plastics

Just a reminder #plasticpollution is not a new issue. Scientists found it in birds in the 1960s and described ocean plastics in the early 1970s, with reports in media like the NYTimes and Washington Post. The #plastics industry knew.

Listen to my deep-dive on @plastisphere: https://on.soundcloud.com/cjiLyn5fxSlUEKhBPh

German radio version (shorter): https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/plastikmuell-im-meer-schon-1972-schlugen-forscher-alarm-100.html